From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 14 20:13:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67F3DF22; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:13:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F87F1AD3; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:13:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.17]) by ltcfislmsgpa04.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id rBEKDAkZ026396 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:13:10 -0600 Received: from LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com ([169.254.1.7]) by LTCFISWMSGHT06.FNFIS.com ([10.132.206.17]) with mapi id 14.03.0158.001; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:13:09 -0600 From: "Teske, Devin" To: Polytropon Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 default terminal emulation Thread-Topic: FreeBSD 10 default terminal emulation Thread-Index: AQHO+QjoObz3Zsbgpki7Qeor+YoHsg== Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:13:09 +0000 Message-ID: <0B216BE2-49E3-459B-BDF6-93720CD66F85@fisglobal.com> References: <20131214185847.5cf202f2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20131214185847.5cf202f2.freebsd@edvax.de> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.132.253.120] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.87, 1.0.14, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-12-14_01:2013-12-12,2013-12-14,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Devin Teske , "Teske, Devin" , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:13:18 -0000 On Dec 14, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Polytropon wrote: > I have a quite strange question. Yesterday I've been using a > FreeBSD/i386 10 RC system for some tests, and I discovered that > the entries in /etc/ttys define "xterm" instead of "cons25" > for the getty invocations assigned to the virtual terminals > (text mode). Of course, german umlauts and several edit keys > (delete, for example) don't work. In order to use german > umlauts, is it still valid to change "xterm" to "cons25l1" > (along with some rc.conf settings related to german keyboard, > gont, shell)? I'm not intending to use UTF-8, because this adds > extra complexity and maybe trouble that I simply don't need, > and, as far as I know, isn't even supported in text mode, > but "cons25l1" (likewise: de_DE.ISO8859-1) is, or at least > has been for decades... >=20 > Because during next year I plan to migrate some systems from > FreeBSD 8 and 9 to 10, I'd like to be prepared on how I can > preserve the feature of being able to use german special > characters even in text mode (because sometimes that's all > what is accessible locally). >=20 Does this help? bsdconfig syscons_ttys Select option #3: ISO 8859-1 cons25l1 NB: Don't forget to log out and back in on the console. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.